PHONE-CARD FIRMS BULLISH ON GROWTH, BUT FACE STATIC

CHICAGO -- Prepaid phone-card companies exhibiting at the Food Marketing Institute convention and exposition here earlier this month had optimistic projections for growth of phone-card sales in supermarkets, but also recognized that some barriers to growth must be addressed.One of these is fear of theft, whether by store employees or customers. This can be addressed in several ways, such as point-of-sale

CHICAGO -- Prepaid phone-card companies exhibiting at the Food Marketing Institute convention and exposition here earlier this month had optimistic projections for growth of phone-card sales in supermarkets, but also recognized that some barriers to growth must be addressed.

One of these is fear of theft, whether by store employees or customers. This can be addressed in several ways, such as point-of-sale activation, locked dispensers, vending machines or closely monitored inventories